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    Plone

    Score10 out of 10
    N/APlone is a free and open source content management system built on top of the Zope application server. Plone can be used for any kind of website, including blogs, internet sites, webshops, and internal websites.N/A

    zeroheight

    Score8 out of 10
    N/Azeroheight helps teams create, manage and maintain their design systems. Using zeroheight, designers, engineers, and product teams can collaborate and build design systems that can be easily shared across teams.

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    Plonezeroheight
    Editions & Modules
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    $49
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Plonezeroheight
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Features
    Plonezeroheight
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Plone and zeroheight
    Feature
    Plone
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    19% above category average
    zeroheight
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    Role-based user permissions10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Plone and zeroheight
    Feature
    Plone
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    25% above category average
    zeroheight
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    API10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Plone and zeroheight
    Feature
    Plone
    9.4
    6 Ratings
    18% above category average
    zeroheight
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    WYSIWYG editor10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes5.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Plone and zeroheight
    Feature
    Plone
    9.4
    5 Ratings
    22% above category average
    zeroheight
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    Content taxonomy10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Esker
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Plonezeroheight
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
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    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Availability
    10.0
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    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Plonezeroheight
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Plone
    The larger your organization, the more appropriate Plone will be. This is not to say that Plone is a worse choice for small websites, only that the minimum investment for a Plone site is certainly higher than for other platforms. If you already use Plone for your site and are looking for a redesign or an overhaul, I would only advise switching to a different platform such as WordPress or Drupal if your organization is downsizing. For any other situation, Plone is the natural choice for your growth.
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    zeroheight
    For creating and maintaining a component library, it is a fantastic tool that creates an interface between Developers, UX Engineers and Designers. It is easy to get both general information about a component, but also incredibly detailed information when looking at the component on a pixel-level, where information on paddings, margins, colors, fonts etc. can be easily accessed.
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    Pros
    Plone
    • Plone is a folder-based system, organising content in a similar way desktop-users are doing for the last two decades. No need to teach non-tech customers some relational-database like paradigm for content management.
    • Plone is secure. It is the most secure CMS you can get your hands on.
    • Plone is flexible, and makes fast development easy.
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    zeroheight
    • showcasing components and other topics
    • ease of seeing detailed information on components (colors, paddings, sizes etc.)
    • ease of finding information
    • possibility of going to previous versions of the design guideline
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Plone
    • Not everything is configurable or editable by Plone, and when you need to adjust or add custom pieces in, you need to deal with Zope. Zope has an ugly, confusing and difficult UI and structure as a backend.
    • Using 3rd party products is difficult to do - there are a few different ways to get them installed, all of which take a bit of luck to get right.
    • Building custom products for Plone is not fun. You've got to deal with an archaic framework to tie in that is not well documented (there is documentation about many things, but not great documentation and there are a lot of holes in the documentation).
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    zeroheight
    • when opening a component image (which opens a new page where the detailed information like paddings and colors are shown), the zoom can only be done by buttons, I'd prefer to be able to use my mouse scroll and for vertical / horizontal scrolling to do ctrl+scroll or ctrl+shift+scroll or something like that
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Plone
    We have critical systems running on Plone so will need it in the future.
    Free to use since its Open source, so we don't have to worry about licence costs.
    We know how to use and develop Plone and it has no limits.
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    zeroheight
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    Usability
    Plone
    Compared to the amount of Plone sites, users and customizations we have in our organization, the amount of support requests and training needed is really small.
    The new user interface in Plone 6 is even better, it is super fast, has lots of different blocks for enhancing the page, has flexible layout system and is easy to extend with more features.
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    zeroheight
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Plone
    Our Plone sites are very robust. We have critical systems on Plone and we have been running sites on Plone for over 20 years with very little unexpected downtime.
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    zeroheight
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Plone
    Plone is very intensive in its operations, and if not configured well it can be slow. However it is designed and built with speed in mind and with proper use of coding, templates and caching can perform extremely well under high loads. It is capable of scaling to very high load availability environments with no specific coding requirements.
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    zeroheight
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Plone
    There are not too many Plone companies in the world. But the ones who are, are high level professionals
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    zeroheight
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Plone
    I have been participating Plone training and the trainers have always been professional. Materials were good and the instructions clear
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    zeroheight
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Plone
    Well organized, professional training with good materials and instructions
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    zeroheight
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    Alternatives Considered
    Plone
    Drupal: Plone is cheaper, so with Drupal is more complex to reach the required ROI. However, Drupal has a lower learning curve WordPress: For our necessities it has a more expensive learning curve than plone. Joomla, is easier to use. However, it have some issues on security and web content where Plone is much better
    Incentivized
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    zeroheight
    I have used and still use Sketch and Zeplin too, but they serve other purposes for us. Sketch is used to design the components themselves and they are then exported to Zeroheight where they are showcased and enriched with textual information. Zeplin is used to design application pages, and again the components are exported to Zeplin from Sketch. But Zeroheight is mainly used for the development of the components themselves as well as a documentation for our design guideline in general. It is also used by us for design tokens and patterns, as well as other information on the design guideline, so if someone wants to understand the "why" of a design decision, the explanation can be usually found in Zeroheight too.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Plone
    Plone has no limits. We have massive sites and can run them just fine
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    zeroheight
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Plone
    • The impact Plone has had at the University of Oshkosh is as follows: this software allows student workers to learn about IT departments and CMS's in a user-friendly way. It gives many students great jobs that look great on their resumes.
    • Since there are great training manuals for Plone, there is increased employee efficient in the workplace. Training doesn't take long, and if there's ever a question, the Plone manual is a great tool to refer to.
    • If an employee using Plone quits, its easy to find someone to replace them with quick training and great resources.
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    zeroheight
    • increased quality, as less misunderstandings or communication problems occur
    • increased speed of development, as it is a single source of truth for us. The developer can rely on the information in Zeroheight being correct so that he doesn't have to iterate his code again and again.
    Incentivized
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